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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	ceremonial_a	law_n	moral_a	3,536	5	9.8204	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56691	Search the Scriptures a treatise shewing that all Christians ought to read the Holy Books : with directions to them therein : in three parts.	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1685 (1685)	Wing P835; ESTC R23033	72,298	205

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